Egyptian student expelled after romantic proposal

A man proposed to the 18-year-old and twirled her around when she accepted

A student has been thrown out of Egypt’s al-Azhar University after a video of her accepting a western-style marriage proposal went viral. A young man was shown kneeling before the 18-year-old woman with a bouquet and then twirling her around when she accepted. The proposal did not take place inside the university, which is the world’s highest seat of Sunni Muslim learning, but the disciplinary board took a dim view and expelled her. It said that the incident was “a departure from the norms of the university and violating to the law”. The woman, who was studying in the Islamic studies faculty, told The Times that a female friend had invited her to Mansoura University, a public institution, telling her that there was a surprise…

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